CNN reports today that a collector has unearthed $200,000,000 of long-lost Ansel Adams negatives.

Rick Norsigian, of Fresno, Calif., reportedly picked up the box of glass negatives for the princely sum of $45 at a garage sale.

That was 10 years ago.

After spending the next decade searching for answers, a Beverly Hills appraiser working with a photography expert have deemed the work to be indeed that of the world-famous nature photographer.

"It truly is a missing link of Ansel Adams and history and his career," said David W. Streets, the appraiser and art dealer who is hosting an unveiling of the photographs at his Beverly Hills, California, gallery Tuesday.

In the wake of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the world of intelligence gathering has grown enormously, but questions remain about just how effective is the operation.

The Washington Post spent two years examining the intelligence community and reported on Monday that it has become "so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it or exactly how many agencies do the same work."